radial engine

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radial engine

An internal-combustion engine, formerly used in propeller-driven aircraft, with cylinders arranged radially around the crankshaft.

radial engine

(Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) an internal-combustion engine having a number of cylinders arranged about a central crankcase

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radial engine - an internal-combustion engine having cylinders arranged radially around a central crankcase

rotary engine

internal-combustion engine, ICE - a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine

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